Ogami Tsumiki to Ki Nichijou.
Tsumiki Ogami & the Strange Everyday Life.

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First off, yes, I was also mad at the author's (huge-)mistake. But for the right reasons- NOT for crying "NTRBAIT!!". It was established just one chapter beforehand that Tsumiki disliked the person. It was shown and established across panels in 4k UHD. Letting him do what he did just one chapter later and depicting it in that weird way fully betrayed what was built up and upon the two first chapters. That is why I personally was mad. It was terrible writing, a whole different genre and made the future look worse than grim.

But one has to stay open-minded and fair. What happened was poor ... writing and the abuse of a main character as a tool to do something unnecessary. It should be unforgiveable on paper but the author did the right thing; pretend it never happened and do it right. And they did.

The manga is great for now and I can recommend it for what it is, even if it is different than the first two grandiose chapters. The cast is mostly enjoyable. Peeps get introduced in fun ways and the MC's get involved in a satisfying way that also makes sense. Characters do seem to be a bit superficial at times and for now they seem to be one and done- they have impact for one or two chapters and fall into this deep pit of obscurity.. which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The story is.. well.. there is no story at this point. The first two chapters hinted at one and some great world building but all of that is on hold for now. The world is stagnant and not really deep and the whole genjin shtick is pretty much only used to force the before mentioned encounters. There is always hope, tho.

The 6 rating is more than deserved IMO. There is some not so small issues that keep this manga from being great and I personally think most stem from the author going babysteps due to being afraid of another mistake. Playing it safe is the smart way but I hope, after further improving, that the author will once again go for some grand writing like the first two chapters.

Small update as of chapter 19: The writing is pretty inconsistent. There is minor mistakes in pretty much every chapter. These are mostly "plot holes" and inconsistent characters/world building. It is nothing major but noticeable- worst offender was chapter 18, it almost reached chapter 3 levels of writing but was quickly solved (the whole chapter made no sense after 16+17 and was hugely unnecessary). Other than that, the rating didn't change. There still is no story in sight. Characters still come up for 1-2 chapters and are then shelved. Everything is pretty much the same. It is still enjoyable, maybe even a bit more than before.

cute manga

It doesn't have to be complex to be good and enjoyable to read.

This manga has adorable characters, an easy to understand plot and a very charming relationship between the main characters.

The main idea that normal, ordinary humans live in a school with kids with powers and facets of animals and they have to live together and do a very normal day to day, overcoming all the vicissitudes that may occur along the way, seems like something to me. interesting to read.

A very beautiful slice of life that catches you from chapter one because of how cute and fun the interactions are.

8 chapters in and its bang average. While the art is fantastic, its a fairly generic comedy romance manga that doesn't really appeal on any one front.

Particularly its protagonist. I'm not exactly sure what the point of even having his POV is. His motivations to better himself with the help of Tsumiki is clear, but he's relegated to the side so often, that I really doubt this could even be considered a shounen.

Because it really isn't. The main star and focus of conflicts and also the person who resolves all issues is Tsumiki. While our protagonist is simply incredibly passive with little to no ... unique personality or any significance added to the plot.

Which is a shame because this is marketed as a Shounen. Media aimed towards young teen boys, however the work is far far from it. They should've scrapped Yukata and should've had Tsumiki as the central protagonist. And also do away with this awful romance writing which is simply the MC overreacting a bunch of times and Tsumiki being "cool". It comes off very obnoxious.

Overall bang average. Average protagonist, decent comedy, great artstyle and finally average characters.